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everybody needs murdoch's support. i think that eventually this is going to fade away. >> do you remember the phase willful blindness in connection with enron crimes? >> yes. it's looking the other way. >> do you think -- willful blindness will obtain in the case of prosecuting and perhaps convicting rupert? >> they may try. >> and his son. >> they may try. >> willful blind sentence. >> i don't think rupert has any -- hold it. i don't think rupert, as of now has any kind of criminal liability whatsoever. the people have a problem are below him. >> when you have a hot story, the editor, the people above say, how did you get that? it's diagnose to be very difficult to insulate the people at the top if these allegations prove true. >> let's see if we can >> thank you columbia, challenger, discovery, endeavour, and our ship atlantis. thank you for protecting us and bringing this program to such a fitting end. >> before daylight thursday morning, atlantis, the u.s. space shuttle, returned to earth. this landing brings the c
everybody needs murdoch's support. i think that eventually this is going to fade away. >> do you remember the phase willful blindness in connection with enron crimes? >> yes. it's looking the other way. >> do you think -- willful blindness will obtain in the case of prosecuting and perhaps convicting rupert? >> they may try. >> and his son. >> they may try. >> willful blind sentence. >> i don't think rupert has any -- hold it. i don't think...
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it does not stack up. >> and when she said that her former employer rupert murdoch and james murdoch were open and honest and going out of the way to say that, and richard, the other thing that when the deng murdoch and this woman's name is trending at the top of the internet when you put her name in, and people are searching after this moment, and play it again, played out at the end of rupert murdoch's testimony. we have not been able to independently identify this man, but he leapt out of the crowd and attempted to smash rupert murdoch in the face with this pie. let's play it. we don't have it. nonetheless, richard, this woman is now intrigued by who she is and the role, and when you look at some of the articles focused on wendi mur do, and now one in harper's bazaar magazine and she has a movie coming out "sun flower and the secret fan" and she a vixsen running things behind the scene. who is this woman? >> no doubt that rupert murdoch runs the company and the children from the previous marriage. she a marketing executive and i have met her and she is fiesty and we have friends i
it does not stack up. >> and when she said that her former employer rupert murdoch and james murdoch were open and honest and going out of the way to say that, and richard, the other thing that when the deng murdoch and this woman's name is trending at the top of the internet when you put her name in, and people are searching after this moment, and play it again, played out at the end of rupert murdoch's testimony. we have not been able to independently identify this man, but he leapt out...
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i am joined by rupert murdoch plus -- rupert murdoch's biographer. >> who is to blame. how high that goes is still to be seen. the culture comes from need to make stories, the decision to break the rules. the decision to go that extra 200 miles into illegality. they did not know what was going on and that is inconceivable. >> you were rupert murdoch's biographer. you knew him well and his motivations. is it realistic that he did not have a grip at what was going on. he must have an eye on this. was there an inkling that perhaps he would just let things go. he was a control freak, wasn't he? >> he was a control freak. he had a free hand. there is the responsibility for this appalling thing that happened. "the guardian," has done a good job and exposing it. this is appalling. he was not in day-to-day control. >> was rebekah brooks in day-to- day control? >> yes. >> why is she still being backed when it is clear that legal opinion will come to see what kind of responsibility, she was the editor when the phone was being attacked. >> i understand what happened. what month of
i am joined by rupert murdoch plus -- rupert murdoch's biographer. >> who is to blame. how high that goes is still to be seen. the culture comes from need to make stories, the decision to break the rules. the decision to go that extra 200 miles into illegality. they did not know what was going on and that is inconceivable. >> you were rupert murdoch's biographer. you knew him well and his motivations. is it realistic that he did not have a grip at what was going on. he must have an...
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of commons speaks with one voice today, and i hope he will so come to the debate, that rupert rupert murdoch should drop his bid and listen to the house of commons? >> i agree with what the right on gentleman says. i agree the house is speaking with one voice. the government has a job to do to act within all times of the law, and my righthand of the secretary has to obey every aspect of the laws. laws that were put in place by the last government. yes, as the honorable member says, we should look at amending the laws. make sure the fit and proper test is right. we should make sure the competition and enterprise is right. i think it is perfectly acceptable, one at the same time to obey the law that the business has got to stop the business of mergers and get on with the business of cleaning it's stables. >> this is the thing, i look forward to debating the issues with the leader of the house who will be speaking for the governor later in the debate. mr. speaker, i know he's making a statement shortly about the inquiry. can we confirm something that we agreed last night. we need to make sure w
of commons speaks with one voice today, and i hope he will so come to the debate, that rupert rupert murdoch should drop his bid and listen to the house of commons? >> i agree with what the right on gentleman says. i agree the house is speaking with one voice. the government has a job to do to act within all times of the law, and my righthand of the secretary has to obey every aspect of the laws. laws that were put in place by the last government. yes, as the honorable member says, we...
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the fbi is now investigating murdoch's news corporation. there's an accusation that his employees may have tried to hack into the phone conversations and voicemails of 9/11 victims and their families. rudy giuliani was mayor of new york during that time. he and murdoch have been friends for a long time, so what does giuliani make of all this? >> intercepting communications like that is a crime, it has to be investigated. i think what there shouldn't be and we've learned recently with a bunch of criminal cases of different kinds, don't rush to judgment, give people a presumption of innocence. i think that just how high up it goes is a big question and it's one we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions about. >> speaking of hacking, somebody absolutely plundered the pentagon in the spring, it was one of the worst breaches ever of security. listen to these details. >> indeed, in a single intrusion this past march, 24,000 files were taken. >> it was done, we think, by a foreign intelligence service, in other words, a nation state was behind it. >>
the fbi is now investigating murdoch's news corporation. there's an accusation that his employees may have tried to hack into the phone conversations and voicemails of 9/11 victims and their families. rudy giuliani was mayor of new york during that time. he and murdoch have been friends for a long time, so what does giuliani make of all this? >> intercepting communications like that is a crime, it has to be investigated. i think what there shouldn't be and we've learned recently with a...
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it is the murdoch -- what we see is the murdoch who believes he is in control. so he believes he's in control. yet to the rest of the world, what is obviously happening in we see him losing control in a way we see him out of control. >> sarah, he also said in that journal interview that news corp has handled this crisis extremely well in every way possible, just some minor mistakes. >> which is ludicrous because you just watched the way they've had to reverse themselves through the course of the week. first of all, they weren't going to appear in front of a committee of mps. then later they would. take these in british papers, ads saying "i'm sorry." can you imagine when rupert murdoch has said i'm sorry. he. >> getting high-level pr advice. david, a short time before break. a national review online says you are treating this as the second coming of watergate and suggests geraldo rivera said you were a weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty palm report sgler my palms are relatively dry. people can decide for themselves. it's political, law enforcement, journalistic im
it is the murdoch -- what we see is the murdoch who believes he is in control. so he believes he's in control. yet to the rest of the world, what is obviously happening in we see him losing control in a way we see him out of control. >> sarah, he also said in that journal interview that news corp has handled this crisis extremely well in every way possible, just some minor mistakes. >> which is ludicrous because you just watched the way they've had to reverse themselves through the...
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desi further agree that if the house of commons speaks with one voice today, rupert murdoch should drop his bid to be -- should recognize the world has changed and should listen to this house of commons. >> i agree with what the gentleman said. i think it is good that the house of commons is going to speak with one voice. the government does have a job to do to act at all times within the law. yes, as the honorable member at said, we should look at amending the laws. we should make sure that this is right. we should make sure the competition and enterprise act are right. i think it is perfectly acceptable to obey the law as a government and to send a message from this house of commons that this business has got to stop the business of mergers and get on with the business of cleaning its stables. >> i look for work to debating this issue with the leader of the house. >> mr. speaker, i know he is making a statement about the inquiry. can he confirm something that we agreed last night? we need to make sure that we get to the bottom, not just of what happens, but also about the relationship
desi further agree that if the house of commons speaks with one voice today, rupert murdoch should drop his bid to be -- should recognize the world has changed and should listen to this house of commons. >> i agree with what the gentleman said. i think it is good that the house of commons is going to speak with one voice. the government does have a job to do to act at all times within the law. yes, as the honorable member at said, we should look at amending the laws. we should make sure...
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"wall street journal", murdoch overpaid for that. at the end of the day this is an entertainment company. >> interesting. who is the next to fall in the scandal? >> well, the sewage waters are lapping at the guccis of james murdoch. now that rebekah brooks rebekah brooks and his trusted allies gone. his son is where it goes next. he was responsible for these properties in london at the time. rupert and james and rebekah brooks rebekah brooks will be testifying before parliament this week in the uk. someone asked me today from cnn how to describe that. it's more like an impeachment hearing for murdoch who is a quasi government powerful official in the uk. >> does this change anything? you said something about a leveraged buyout possibly of fox news, talking about our competitor here. you think this is going change the way that news is done or that they handle news if what you say, indeed, comes to fruition. >> i can't imagine newscorp itself can afford to be in the news business any more or afford the murdoches. the next question in t
"wall street journal", murdoch overpaid for that. at the end of the day this is an entertainment company. >> interesting. who is the next to fall in the scandal? >> well, the sewage waters are lapping at the guccis of james murdoch. now that rebekah brooks rebekah brooks and his trusted allies gone. his son is where it goes next. he was responsible for these properties in london at the time. rupert and james and rebekah brooks rebekah brooks will be testifying before...
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rupert murdoch did not like david cameron. i've spent lots of time with murdoch mumbling about cameron, what a slickster he is. he liked gordon brown. rebekah brooks, however, likes david cameron, and she set out to convince rupert he ought to go with cameron. and one of the things here, she went to cameron and said you hire our guy, andy coulson. if you do that, i can help bring rupert around, and she succeeded. >> and he hired the prime minister, the candidate of prime minister, hired her, hired coulson, then ended up getting what, the respect or what? how would you describe how rupert responded to that deal? >> actually, rupert responded grudgingly. he still doesn't like david cameron, he liked gordon brown, but rebekah and his son james wanted this, this was their show, he was trying to be hands off, and plus he got a man in number 10 downing street, and that was a victory. >> tomorrow, you have the high case, this case is going before a parliamentary committee. you're going to have rupert murdoch, his son, james, stephani
rupert murdoch did not like david cameron. i've spent lots of time with murdoch mumbling about cameron, what a slickster he is. he liked gordon brown. rebekah brooks, however, likes david cameron, and she set out to convince rupert he ought to go with cameron. and one of the things here, she went to cameron and said you hire our guy, andy coulson. if you do that, i can help bring rupert around, and she succeeded. >> and he hired the prime minister, the candidate of prime minister, hired...
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it could be very costly to people who hold murdoch paper. they might have to entice shareholders back in and that carries financial risks as well. reputational risks on both sides of the atlantic. legal processes in the uk and potential lawmakers getting more interested in the company in the u.s. ramping up the pressure, according to s&p. >> steve sedgewick helping us out for cnbc. thanks so much. now with the deadline to reach a deficit deal now exactly two weeks away, the rhetoric as you've witnessed heating up as lawmakers scramble to try to strike a deal. the house is expected to vote today on what it calls the cut, cap and balance plan. that's the republican-backed legislation that includes a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. it's a measure that the white house has warned that president obama would veto and yesterday press secretary jay carney outlined the obama administration's exact objections. >> what we are witnessing here with this measure is classic washington posturing, kabuki theater. this is a measure that i
it could be very costly to people who hold murdoch paper. they might have to entice shareholders back in and that carries financial risks as well. reputational risks on both sides of the atlantic. legal processes in the uk and potential lawmakers getting more interested in the company in the u.s. ramping up the pressure, according to s&p. >> steve sedgewick helping us out for cnbc. thanks so much. now with the deadline to reach a deficit deal now exactly two weeks away, the rhetoric...
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and james murdoch? >> you know, ah! >> mr. matthew hancock. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. doesn't it raise serious questions about how the previous government operated that members opposite think it would be appropriate for the prime minister to be briefed on operational police matters. and don't the emails that were released show just what a professional his chief of staff is. >> the judgment he reached was backed in advance by the permanent secretary at number 10 and has been subsequently backed by the leading police officers and indeed by the head of the home affairs select committee. >> andrew miller, returning to neil wallace, clearly, the prime minister said it was only sunday that he knew about mr. wallace's role. but others around him knew of mr. wallace's role well before that. doesn't he feel that down then including by mr. coulson? >> the point i make to the best of your knowledge the first i knew was sunday. we are getting to the bottom of what this formal advice was and when we have
and james murdoch? >> you know, ah! >> mr. matthew hancock. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. doesn't it raise serious questions about how the previous government operated that members opposite think it would be appropriate for the prime minister to be briefed on operational police matters. and don't the emails that were released show just what a professional his chief of staff is. >> the judgment he reached was backed in advance by the permanent secretary at number...
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for one day, it was a pretty good day for the murdoch's. >> could james murdoch be the heir apparent? >> 1 said that if james murdoch had done particularly badly, it would have hurt his possibility of taking over as ceo. he seems to be taking charge during this session and it did not heard him. -- did not hurt him. any day they are not hurt is a good day. >> do you see long-term reputation damaged to the company, regardless of what happens with these institutions? >> i have been tried to ponder how you measure that damage. people will still flock to see 20 century fox movies and to buy the wall street journal's. in the short-term, clearly there is a stain on the u.k. newspaper operations. there was an attempt to contain the damage. >> there is an fbi investigations into the phone hacking and a traditional inquiry and a police investigation on the other side of the atlantic. these will be very problematic. >> if they do will arrive, they would be. it is hard to believe we would get to that point. there is no evidence that any victims of 9/11 had their phone hacked. other government reg
for one day, it was a pretty good day for the murdoch's. >> could james murdoch be the heir apparent? >> 1 said that if james murdoch had done particularly badly, it would have hurt his possibility of taking over as ceo. he seems to be taking charge during this session and it did not heard him. -- did not hurt him. any day they are not hurt is a good day. >> do you see long-term reputation damaged to the company, regardless of what happens with these institutions? >> i...
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murdoch, his son james, and rebekah brooks are supposed to be talking before parliament. >> birgit? >> the former news of the world journalist had been hired by cameron as his press spokesman, and he had been hired even their david cameron was warned that he was actually involved in the phone hacking scandal, so it is his closeness to rupert murdoch and to some of these journalists that is being questioned at the moment by many people in the british public. >> speaking of rupert murdoch, he has built up a very powerful media empire in the united states and britain and elsewhere. how badly has his empire been affected by this scandal? >> well, tuesday is going to be a really fascinating day. rupert murdoch and his son and a former editor, rebekah brooks, will be appearing before parliament and will be answering questions and why they have not acted on it. ed miliband, the leader of the labor party -- labour party, they will be arguing for his power to be curbs. there is a big discussion. in the u.s., and they are investigating. tomorrow and the next days and weeks are going to be fas
murdoch, his son james, and rebekah brooks are supposed to be talking before parliament. >> birgit? >> the former news of the world journalist had been hired by cameron as his press spokesman, and he had been hired even their david cameron was warned that he was actually involved in the phone hacking scandal, so it is his closeness to rupert murdoch and to some of these journalists that is being questioned at the moment by many people in the british public. >> speaking of...
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murdoch was in with the board at the time, >> yes, rupert murdoch, yes. >> during the private session i think you said something like there was more to come. would you like to expand what you meant by that? >> when i went down to the newsroom to explain the decision, and clearly and quite rightly the journalists on the "news of the world" who are very honorable and journalists who will been putting out a newspaper under the scrutiny for a longtime and with great pride in their newspaper were very sad and baffled by management's decision to close the paper. what i was saying to them is that right now you may not be able to right at this moment understand why we've done it, but i think i said in a year's time i think you will come to the realization that we actually did the right thing. once you have broken the trust with the readers there is not much going back. unfortunately the "news of the world" used toead the headlines for the right reasons, the cricket scandal recently, but for the last few months and probably actually for the last few years it's been leading the headlines for th
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the fbi has opened an investigation into allegations that murdoch's news corp. saw to hack into the phones of september 11 victims. we start tonight's coverage with this report from our deputy political editor. >> parliament has costumed the news of the -- to answer the questions of the mp's of why so many were hacked. >> my message to rebekah brooks is do the decent thing. it cannot hide away from this level of public english. >> they were reluctant witnesses. they told the committee he could not attend the future session. james murdock said he could not come. rebekah brooks said chiappone -- welcome the opportunity to do so but would not discuss anything that relates to the ongoing police investigation. the talk was of a formal summons. the threat had worked. they change their minds but they would now be coming to answer m.p.'s questions. in the second letter, james murdock said we're running to confirm our attendance by -- and concerned where are asked to yet answer further questions in a form on top of the judge let inquiry and the police investigation. what
the fbi has opened an investigation into allegations that murdoch's news corp. saw to hack into the phones of september 11 victims. we start tonight's coverage with this report from our deputy political editor. >> parliament has costumed the news of the -- to answer the questions of the mp's of why so many were hacked. >> my message to rebekah brooks is do the decent thing. it cannot hide away from this level of public english. >> they were reluctant witnesses. they told the...
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rupert murdoch's wife. we know she went after her husband's attacker today. >>> it is the moment of the day everyone is talking about. have you seen it yet? after being grilled by british lawmakers for more than two and a half hours rupert murdoch was attacked quite literally at today's phone hacking hearing. it all started when a man at the hearing lunged at murdoch with a shaving cream pie. we're told he said, you're a greedy billionaire as he went after the head of news corp. now can you see the woman there in the pink? she doesn't waste any time or effort going after that attacker. so who is that woman running to rupert murdoch's rescue? that is his wife, wendy. and it got us wondering who is this woman who jumped to protect her man? here is what we know. she got married june 25th, 1999. the couple has two young children together. she's murdoch's third wife and just a few years older than his son, james, who is 38, and was sitting beside his father at today's hearing. "the wall street journal" part of m
rupert murdoch's wife. we know she went after her husband's attacker today. >>> it is the moment of the day everyone is talking about. have you seen it yet? after being grilled by british lawmakers for more than two and a half hours rupert murdoch was attacked quite literally at today's phone hacking hearing. it all started when a man at the hearing lunged at murdoch with a shaving cream pie. we're told he said, you're a greedy billionaire as he went after the head of news corp. now...
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breck of works -- rebekah brooks and james murdoch and rupert murdoch to answer the call from the select committee on culture media and sports to give evidence to this house next tuesday? >> my friend is completely right about this. these are people who are key figures in the newspaper industry and the media industry in britain and they should not be above the select committee. it is absolutely right that they come before the select committee. >> was he saying these things to rupert murdoch when he was eating his canapes three weeks ago? >> let me say to the hon. gentleman, this is opportunity for this house of commons to speak with one voice on these issues and that is what we should do today. i was going to say that the issues here go to the integrity of people working at news international. the chair of this house posies select committees said he was misled. the head of the press complaints commission said she was like to buy news international. james murdoch has admitted serious wrongdoing in the company, and there are allegations that news international new debt phone hacking was wi
breck of works -- rebekah brooks and james murdoch and rupert murdoch to answer the call from the select committee on culture media and sports to give evidence to this house next tuesday? >> my friend is completely right about this. these are people who are key figures in the newspaper industry and the media industry in britain and they should not be above the select committee. it is absolutely right that they come before the select committee. >> was he saying these things to rupert...
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for more on the fallout and future of murdoch's u.s. properties we want to get a check of business with steve sedgwick in london. the first question is, what will happen to rupert murdoch's companies in the u.s.? is anyone else in jeopardy right now, including his son? >> reporter: there are real question marks about where the buck stops. many people thought rebekah brooks, a close confidente of rupert murdoch, would be safe but she's the latest member of his empire to fall on her sword. real questions about u.s. titles and whether they'll be tainted as well. those titles include the fox cable network, "the wall street journal," which has a strong editorial representation, and of course dow jones news who i worked for at one stage in my career. a lot of questions about those titles and what kind of governance news corp. will look like going forward. lots of question marks about the independence of the news corp. board and whether we'll see moves on that front as rupert murdoch is forced to relinquish some power. >> the u.s. secretary of
for more on the fallout and future of murdoch's u.s. properties we want to get a check of business with steve sedgwick in london. the first question is, what will happen to rupert murdoch's companies in the u.s.? is anyone else in jeopardy right now, including his son? >> reporter: there are real question marks about where the buck stops. many people thought rebekah brooks, a close confidente of rupert murdoch, would be safe but she's the latest member of his empire to fall on her sword....
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the murdochs said they would come and answer the questions. >> in a letter, james murdoch said "i am now coming. i would like to answer them in a different forum." the questions keep coming. why did the news of the world mislead parliament? why did the management failed to find out what was going on and stop it? as for rebekah brooks, we ask about what she told the mps. the mp whose committee will be asking the question was optimistic. >> i hope the committee will want to hear the truth. this is not about a lynch mob or an opportunity. >> the lawyer representing the family of the girl his phone was tapped as his doubts. >> we will be skeptical. we will see the three monkeys. they will say -- no one was speaking about this. >> in an interview, rupert murdoch insisted that his company had handled the crisis extremely well and he denied he would sell his newspapers. he said that he would work to establish his integrity. this scene is set for an extraordinary confrontation between parliament and the press. a chance for parliament to discuss these issues. >> austerity is the word and cond
the murdochs said they would come and answer the questions. >> in a letter, james murdoch said "i am now coming. i would like to answer them in a different forum." the questions keep coming. why did the news of the world mislead parliament? why did the management failed to find out what was going on and stop it? as for rebekah brooks, we ask about what she told the mps. the mp whose committee will be asking the question was optimistic. >> i hope the committee will want to...
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rupert murdoch said the politician i was closest to was gordon brown. let's remember who was invited 1/4 brown was the chancellor. let us remember who was there when he was the chancellor? let us remember reports of the information commissioner. if you like, there is the slumber party. everyone can see exactly what he is doing. he can blame it for narrow party advances. they have been taking place. the problem is for both our main parties. >> order. >> under the previous government, he was arrested by the metropolitan police. the prime minister was not notified of the details. they were not told. is it not there? he did exactly what they should not do. >> he makes a very big point. when you see what he said, he saw that it was cleared in advance. we do not live in a country or the prime minister's ordering who should be arrested. >> he made a statement on monday. there were two words that were not mentioned. we were not in a situation where his best buddy was working for us. did he know that neil wallace was giving advice? >> no. . i did not know that.
rupert murdoch said the politician i was closest to was gordon brown. let's remember who was invited 1/4 brown was the chancellor. let us remember who was there when he was the chancellor? let us remember reports of the information commissioner. if you like, there is the slumber party. everyone can see exactly what he is doing. he can blame it for narrow party advances. they have been taking place. the problem is for both our main parties. >> order. >> under the previous government,...
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it's about the murdoch heritage. it's about the newspapers in britain rather than about the future of news corp. >> it could go spent i'm not suggesting it happens today. i'm not suggesting five years time, but actually maybe if there's a post rupert murdoch moment, and who knows what that will be, when the guys in new york want to make a distant company. >> remember, that the only grounds of the competition commissioner going to judge the sky deal on its plurality. that is, its impact on the number of distinct voices in british news. if the murdoch empire gets rid of its british newspapers, well, the plurality problem goes away. >> now, michael is a contributing editor to "vanity fair," and knows rupert murdoch better than most having spent 50 hours interviewing him for a biography. he joins us now from new york. this talk that we are over on this side of the atlantic, that murdoch might just get rid of all his newspapers here in order to concentrate on television, doesn't make sense to use the? well, we hear it on
it's about the murdoch heritage. it's about the newspapers in britain rather than about the future of news corp. >> it could go spent i'm not suggesting it happens today. i'm not suggesting five years time, but actually maybe if there's a post rupert murdoch moment, and who knows what that will be, when the guys in new york want to make a distant company. >> remember, that the only grounds of the competition commissioner going to judge the sky deal on its plurality. that is, its...
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could rupert murdoch be next? >>> and making headlines for more than just their new movie, find out if justin timberlake and mila kunis will attend a marine ball. and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a good one.
could rupert murdoch be next? >>> and making headlines for more than just their new movie, find out if justin timberlake and mila kunis will attend a marine ball. and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a good one.
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james murdoch thanked ms. brooks for her service. he said we support her as we takes the step to clear her name. >> one of the more vocal critics referred to her desire to remain on the bridge. >> she now says she likes to be on the bridge. i would not have liked her to be on the bridge. that is why she has gone, thank god. >> this afternoon, rupert murdoch acted to underline the apology offered by his former chief executive. he traveled to meet the family who lost their daughter and are among the alleged targets of the phone hacking. the shock expressed by her parents and sister has fuelled a sense of national outrage. >> mr. murdoch emerged after an hour to a barrage of questions. his lawyer eventually gave details of the conversation. >> he was humbled to give a full and sincere apology to the dowler family. we told him, the family told him, that his papers should lead the way to set the standard of honesty and decency in the field. >> tomorrow, rupert murdoch's signature will appear on an apology and everyone of their papers. he
james murdoch thanked ms. brooks for her service. he said we support her as we takes the step to clear her name. >> one of the more vocal critics referred to her desire to remain on the bridge. >> she now says she likes to be on the bridge. i would not have liked her to be on the bridge. that is why she has gone, thank god. >> this afternoon, rupert murdoch acted to underline the apology offered by his former chief executive. he traveled to meet the family who lost their...
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murdoch and rebecca brooks? >> all the details of the meetings and explain all of the conversations were appropriate and she could ask the members of her party to be equally transparent. >> does the prime minister join me in hoping that this is the end of the ever increasing rise of misconduct by police officers across the country? >> the police have to have an operation, have to have a relationship with the media, both at the top level to communicate with the police's right to do strategically, and at the operational level to help them with crime. we have to try to make sure they do not have an inappropriate relationship. >> prime minister, have you ever mentioned the word "bskyb" in the presence of rebecca brooks? >> does not raise serious questions about how the previous limit operated that members opposite thought that it a prepared for the prime minister to be brief on police matters? and the e-mails that were released, didn't show how professional his chief of staff is? >> i thank my hon. friend for puttin
murdoch and rebecca brooks? >> all the details of the meetings and explain all of the conversations were appropriate and she could ask the members of her party to be equally transparent. >> does the prime minister join me in hoping that this is the end of the ever increasing rise of misconduct by police officers across the country? >> the police have to have an operation, have to have a relationship with the media, both at the top level to communicate with the police's right...
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rupert murdoch's top lieutenant resigns overnight. and the media mogul speaks out for the first time about the explosive allegations rocking his empire. >>> hours from freedom. casey anthony ready to walk from her jail cell. the jury foreman speaks out on the eve of her release and why he never wants to see her again. >>> the movie star and the teenager. he's 51. she's 16. the country's most controversial newlyweds talk to lara about the marriage that shocked everyone. now the real story revealed in a "gma" exclusive.e. >>> and good morning, everyone. tgif. happy friday. and we are excited to be heading to central park soon. brad paisley is there. he'll be playing some of his new country music and also a song called "water" that is the perfect song for summer. >> we've got another beautiful day at central park. another big crowd gathering. can't wait to get to that. >>> we also have a lot of news this morning. let's get right to that collision on the taxiway in boston last night. hundreds of passengers evacuated after the wing of a de
rupert murdoch's top lieutenant resigns overnight. and the media mogul speaks out for the first time about the explosive allegations rocking his empire. >>> hours from freedom. casey anthony ready to walk from her jail cell. the jury foreman speaks out on the eve of her release and why he never wants to see her again. >>> the movie star and the teenager. he's 51. she's 16. the country's most controversial newlyweds talk to lara about the marriage that shocked everyone. now the...
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nor brooks nor the murdoch empire. lynn, back to you. >> jim maceda in london for us. jim, thanks so much. >>> well, back here at home on capitol hill the back and forth battle over the nation's budget crisis will reach the house floor today when republicans vote on a plan calling for steep spending cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling. well, democrats say the measure will never pass the senate, and president obama has vowed to veto the bill. still, the president is saying he is seeing progress. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. republicans are calling this bill cut, cap and balance. essentially they want to cut the deficit, cap what the federal government is spending and then move toward a balanced budget amendment. an amendment to the constitution. democrats say those cuts hurt too heavily medicare and social security. it is expected to pass the house, not expected to pass the senate. will not get the president's signature. so that, de
nor brooks nor the murdoch empire. lynn, back to you. >> jim maceda in london for us. jim, thanks so much. >>> well, back here at home on capitol hill the back and forth battle over the nation's budget crisis will reach the house floor today when republicans vote on a plan calling for steep spending cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling. well, democrats say the measure will never pass the senate, and president obama has vowed to veto the bill. still, the president is saying...
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both murdochs face parliament on tuesday. one of those to grill them is tom watson. >> i want to know was he aware a crime had taken place, who gave him the advice, those kind of things. i would like rupert murdoch to tell us what he knew as well. >> reporter: and finally, scrambling on high ground is britain's prime minister, under pressure to showing the extent of his relationship of his relationship with the murdochs, he was forced to release records showing 26 meetings with them or their employees since they took office. he also hosted james murdoch and rebekah brooks at his official country residence. cameron like most british politicians, courted the murdochs because the newspapers could make or break their political careers. no longer. as criminal and judicial investigations are under way, murdoch's spell is broken. dana lewis, cbs news, london. >> mitchell: it is the weekend drivers in los angeles have been dreading for weeks. what is being called carmaggedon is now under way. a stretch of the 405 freeway, one of the
both murdochs face parliament on tuesday. one of those to grill them is tom watson. >> i want to know was he aware a crime had taken place, who gave him the advice, those kind of things. i would like rupert murdoch to tell us what he knew as well. >> reporter: and finally, scrambling on high ground is britain's prime minister, under pressure to showing the extent of his relationship of his relationship with the murdochs, he was forced to release records showing 26 meetings with them...
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reversing the tide, which has been going completely south on the murdoch empire and the murdoch holdings here in great britain. in terms of him stepping down. there have been some rumblings about that among some of his stockholders in some of his companies. but the experts here are saying that's unlikely at least for now. it depends on what comes out of this meeting. it depends on a number of things, especially a couple of inquiries going on. a criminal investigation and a judicial inquiry being run here and what new information comes out. as far as we know, so far, all of this hacking took place five years ago. if there are more current examples of this hacking, that could really doom the murdoch empire. back to you. >> jim maceda, thank you very much. msnbc will be covering the murdochs testifying. >>> back at home on capitol hill, the back-and-forth battle over the nation's budget crisis will reach the house floor today when republicans vote on a plan calling for steep spending cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling. democrats say the measure will never pass the senate and presid
reversing the tide, which has been going completely south on the murdoch empire and the murdoch holdings here in great britain. in terms of him stepping down. there have been some rumblings about that among some of his stockholders in some of his companies. but the experts here are saying that's unlikely at least for now. it depends on what comes out of this meeting. it depends on a number of things, especially a couple of inquiries going on. a criminal investigation and a judicial inquiry...
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they posted claims that rupert murdoch had been found dead. it has emerged that officials in the american state department and the libyan government held a meeting in tunisia. americans say they delivered a certain message that colonel gaddafi must step down. more details about the meeting. >> from the american side, the u.s. ambassador to libya until this crisis blew up in february, together with a senior state department official from the region -- they were the representatives of the united states. we do not know who was at the meeting from the libyan side. we do not know who called the meeting. we do have a rundown from state department officials in washington. they say a clear, firm, and unambiguous message was delivered to the libyans from the americans. that message, they say, was that the only way forward in libya, the only way out of the libyan situation, was for colonel gaddafi to step down. that is the message to the americans took. >> that is the washington side of things. do you have any implications of how libya is seeing this? >
they posted claims that rupert murdoch had been found dead. it has emerged that officials in the american state department and the libyan government held a meeting in tunisia. americans say they delivered a certain message that colonel gaddafi must step down. more details about the meeting. >> from the american side, the u.s. ambassador to libya until this crisis blew up in february, together with a senior state department official from the region -- they were the representatives of the...
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the influence that the murdoches have had. the way he managed to advance his business empire by heavying up on politics. these are newspapers which use personal stories of the most i'll have kind very often in order to humiliate people in power. in a way, of course, he's right. all journalists should give people in power hell. but the motivation in this case turns out to be slightly different. what he doesn't get, actually people in britain are just sick of it, and that pie in the face, you know, i think in america, why is a poor old man getting a pie in the face? a lot of people in america will feel sorry for him. not in britain. >> i kept watching it today, thinking citizen cane. thank you very much. a pleasure. >>> still ahead tonight, tony blair's press secretary with a behind-the-scenes look at how the murdoch media empire had britain's most prominent politicians battling for its blessings. n e highw. how does it do that? well, to get there, a lot of complicated engineering goes into every one. like variable valve timing
the influence that the murdoches have had. the way he managed to advance his business empire by heavying up on politics. these are newspapers which use personal stories of the most i'll have kind very often in order to humiliate people in power. in a way, of course, he's right. all journalists should give people in power hell. but the motivation in this case turns out to be slightly different. what he doesn't get, actually people in britain are just sick of it, and that pie in the face, you...
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neil shon worked for another murdoch partner, the sun. he is now a news analyst. >> fantastic networking, and of course an ability to do the job. >> reporter: it was in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that news of the world reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager millie dowler, a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking, and has apologized. for the last decade, the charismatic editor has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, and the powerful. she has had close personal relationships with the three most recent prime ministers. as recently as last december, david cameron met twice with brooks in visits that his office describes as social. cameron has come under fire for his connections to murdoch's news international. his former spokesman andy coleson, also a former editor of news of the world was arrested last week. cameron himself admits the relationship between politicians and the media has become in his words cozy and comfortable. the head of the opposition says
neil shon worked for another murdoch partner, the sun. he is now a news analyst. >> fantastic networking, and of course an ability to do the job. >> reporter: it was in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that news of the world reporters allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager millie dowler, a case that shocked and infuriated this country. brooks denies any knowledge of phone hacking, and has apologized. for the last decade, the charismatic editor has rubbed elbows with the...
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murdoch! >> reporter: now it's rupert murdoch himself who takes center stage in the unfolding hacking drama that has engulfed his empire. >> this is the best thing that could ever happen for critics o rupert murdoch to say he has too much power. >> reporter: murdoch and his son will tell british lawmakers how much they knew about accusations that their journalists paid off police and hanged into phone records. so will rebekah brooks who police are already investigating. controversy has forced the head of scotland yard and his deputy to resign over their alleged links to a former murdoch executive. the scandal has reached the highest levels of the british government with opposition leaders saying the prime minister himself has questions to answer about his close ties to the murdoch empire. >> at the moment if he is unable to provide the leadership the country needs. >> reporter: rebekah brooks is a friend and neighbor to the prime minister. the pair met repeatedly since cameron took office 14 m
murdoch! >> reporter: now it's rupert murdoch himself who takes center stage in the unfolding hacking drama that has engulfed his empire. >> this is the best thing that could ever happen for critics o rupert murdoch to say he has too much power. >> reporter: murdoch and his son will tell british lawmakers how much they knew about accusations that their journalists paid off police and hanged into phone records. so will rebekah brooks who police are already investigating....
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the fact is rupert murdoch is on the run now. and the great german word that explains what's been going on is that the british public really likes seeing somebody like rupert get his comeuppance. >> i was hoping that schadenfreud would come up tonight. thank you for joining us tonight. >>> up next, in this world-shaking murdoch scandal, what if in the end all the major players walk away essentially untouched. if you think it can't happen, think again. we'll be right back. to make science as exciting as a video game. i need to reach peter, who's falling behind. and push janet who's 6 chapters ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] with interactive learning solutions from dell, mrs. davis can make education a little more personal. so every student feels like her only student. dell. the power to do more. i find investments with e-trade's top 5 lists and use pre-defined screeners to work smarter. not harder. i depend on myself to take charge of my financial future. [ bell dinging ] took some crazy risks as a kid. but i was still over the edge
the fact is rupert murdoch is on the run now. and the great german word that explains what's been going on is that the british public really likes seeing somebody like rupert get his comeuppance. >> i was hoping that schadenfreud would come up tonight. thank you for joining us tonight. >>> up next, in this world-shaking murdoch scandal, what if in the end all the major players walk away essentially untouched. if you think it can't happen, think again. we'll be right back. to make...
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a picture of rupert murdoch and when the murdoch after losing the testimony -- leaving the testimony. here is "los angeles times" with the same picture. "murdoch rejects blame in scandal." here is the headline out of toronto. "news core defense, sorry but not at fault." here is "the financial times" this morning. "most humble day of my life," that is the headline there. "the washout -- the washington post," "murdoch's apologize to lawmakers" is the headline. here is "usa today." there is is in the money section. "murdoch has most humble de." from "the new york times," who has been playing this out quite a bit. in the left-hand column -- "murdoch's denied that they knew of illegal acts." here is one from the tabloids in new york, "the daily news." "humble pie." that is not a tabloid that he owned. one that he did alone, "the new york post," the story came on page 35. "frank talk at probe." from "the wall street journal," and other paper that he owns, " murdoch's are grilled." of course, the attackers story gets played. murdoch apologizes at parliament hearing, deflects blame, this is f
a picture of rupert murdoch and when the murdoch after losing the testimony -- leaving the testimony. here is "los angeles times" with the same picture. "murdoch rejects blame in scandal." here is the headline out of toronto. "news core defense, sorry but not at fault." here is "the financial times" this morning. "most humble day of my life," that is the headline there. "the washout -- the washington post," "murdoch's apologize to...
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murdoch. it halted the entire hearing. we are still waiting to hear from rebekah brooks. if you see it he was trying to get a pie in the face of rupert murdoch. if we can get that shot back up again, you can see in niz left hand a tin -- and see if we can get that shot back up. it looks like he had a tin in his left hand a cream pie that he was going to smash in the face of rupert murdoch during these hearings. the man was quickly taken away in handcuffs. you saw the images of him outside he had something all over his face. wendy dang in the pink jumping up. she is a volleyball player. that looks like a spike. she's known to be a fan of volleyball. anyway, you can see the pie right there trying to get in the face of rupert murdoch. the woman in the gray i'm not sure who she is. she was sitting to the left op of wendy dang. michelle is with us now. is this ovenly some type of protesters coming in to disrupt this and create a true embarrassment to rupert murdoch by delivering a pie in the face?
murdoch. it halted the entire hearing. we are still waiting to hear from rebekah brooks. if you see it he was trying to get a pie in the face of rupert murdoch. if we can get that shot back up again, you can see in niz left hand a tin -- and see if we can get that shot back up. it looks like he had a tin in his left hand a cream pie that he was going to smash in the face of rupert murdoch during these hearings. the man was quickly taken away in handcuffs. you saw the images of him outside he...
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murdoch needed things from them. that never needed to be stated but everyone understood that that was hanging in the air and that's what this judicial inquiry has to get to the bottom of. >> i think murdoch's control of 37% of the britishress plus b sky b led to this conviction from tony blair to cameron that you had to have murdoch on your side. and, you know, when you're in britain you don't feel murdoch's running the show. i mean, you can read "the guardian," you can read t telegraph, you can read t daily expres you can read the f.t. but i just wonder but blair, i'm sure, would have won the election in 1997 without murdoch. it was the end of the toris just as it was the end of new labor in 2010. murdoch had his finger in the wind and he went with these guys but i don't myself bieve e elections uld have come out any differently withou so i think there was a kind of mythology that hadbuilt up. we have to have murdoch with us. and now it's the opposite. we have to trash him. >> rose: john burns, how much has been has
murdoch needed things from them. that never needed to be stated but everyone understood that that was hanging in the air and that's what this judicial inquiry has to get to the bottom of. >> i think murdoch's control of 37% of the britishress plus b sky b led to this conviction from tony blair to cameron that you had to have murdoch on your side. and, you know, when you're in britain you don't feel murdoch's running the show. i mean, you can read "the guardian," you can read t...
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murdoch is a very astute player. many say that his move by closing the "news of the world" is bold and brave. >> louise, i will have to interrupt you there for a moment, i'm afraid. woe just got the prime minister, david cameron, just about to address newsmenme mennewsmen. let's listen in. >> families who lost loved ones, sometimes defending our country, that these people could have had their phones hacked into in order to generate stories for a newspaper is simply disgusting. i cannot think what was going through the minds of the people who did this. that they can hack into anyone's phone is disgraceful. but to hack into the phone of millie dowder, a young kirl missing from her parents who was later found to be murdered, is truly despicable. but this scandal is not just about some journalists on one newspaper. it's not even just about the press. it's also about the police, and, yes, it's about how politics works and about politicians, too. i want to be very frank about how, as a country, we should deal with this. pe
murdoch is a very astute player. many say that his move by closing the "news of the world" is bold and brave. >> louise, i will have to interrupt you there for a moment, i'm afraid. woe just got the prime minister, david cameron, just about to address newsmenme mennewsmen. let's listen in. >> families who lost loved ones, sometimes defending our country, that these people could have had their phones hacked into in order to generate stories for a newspaper is simply...
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it was just a week ago murdoch flew to london and stood by her side, all smiles. brooks had a rise at the krngs becoming editor of "news of the world" when she was only 32. neil sean worked for another murdoch paper "the sun" and now an nbc analyst. >> she rose to the top through sheer ambition, fantastic networking and an ability to do the job. >> reporter: in 2002 with brooks at the paper's helm that "news of the world" reports allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager, milly dowler. brooks denied any phone hacking and apologized. she has rubbed elbows with the rich and famous and the powerful. she has had close personal relationships with the three most recent prime ministers. as recently as last december, david cameron met twice with brooks in visits his office describes as social. cameron has come under fire for his connections to murdoch's news international. his former spokesperson, andy cowl so coulson was arrested last week. cameron says the relationship between media and politicians has become, in his words, cozy and comfortable. the head of the op
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rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his deputies need to be careful, don't they? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tomorrow. one is they have to acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely obvious is that this was not some aberration. this was not one person or ten people. it was apparently thousands of people who were hacked and the idea that they didn't know is preposterous. but they can't confess to crimes. practically everyone around them has been arrested already. rebekah brooks, rupert murdoch's protÉge in great britain, arrested yesterday. they have to acknowledge but not admit. frankly, i don't know if it's possible. >> matthew, a bizarre twist. the whistleblower, shaun hoare found dead. what do we know about
rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his deputies need to be careful, don't they? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tomorrow. one is they have to acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely...
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of service to murdoch was not enough to save him. hinton resigned friday as head of dow jones and company, which publishes the "wall street journal" and is part of news corporation's media empire. but it is not his tenure at dow jones that has drawn attention. no one has questioned the reporting of the "wall street journal." instead, it's his 12 years-- from 1995 to 2007-- as chairman of murdoch's news international that's under scrutiny, amid scandalous and possibly criminal reporting tactics, including voice mail hacking by company employees, one of them, andy coleson, who went on to become an aide to the british prime minister. >> i believe absolutely that andy did not have knowledge of what was going on. >> reporter: this may be why hinton is in trouble. in 2007, he told members of a british parliamentary committee he believed only one journalist- - clive goodman-- have been involved in any wrongdoing. >> the police obviously carried out pretty thorough investigations and the result of their investigation was against clive and th
of service to murdoch was not enough to save him. hinton resigned friday as head of dow jones and company, which publishes the "wall street journal" and is part of news corporation's media empire. but it is not his tenure at dow jones that has drawn attention. no one has questioned the reporting of the "wall street journal." instead, it's his 12 years-- from 1995 to 2007-- as chairman of murdoch's news international that's under scrutiny, amid scandalous and possibly...
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rupert murdoch said ultimately he is not to blame for this scandal. he say the fault lay with the people he trusted and those whom they trusted. >> let me just say something. and this is not an excuse, maybe an explanation the news of the world is less than 1% of our company. i employ 53,000 people around the world who are proud and great and ethical and distinguished people. >> shepard: a couple of hours into mr. murdock's testimony, a disturbance in the room. a man carrying a pie tin full of white foam of some kind approached the ceo. >> no, no, no. >> oh. >> outrage. >> shepard: rupert murdoch's wife in the pink there coming to her husband's defense. the hearing resumed after a short break with the now jacketless rupert murdoch, the attacker under arrest. by the way, as the murdocks testified, news corps' stock rose up 5.5% on trading today in new york. a gain on paper of $2.15 billion. but even with that uptick, the company's still lost on paper about $6 billion in value since this scandal broke. the details now from the fox business network ashle
rupert murdoch said ultimately he is not to blame for this scandal. he say the fault lay with the people he trusted and those whom they trusted. >> let me just say something. and this is not an excuse, maybe an explanation the news of the world is less than 1% of our company. i employ 53,000 people around the world who are proud and great and ethical and distinguished people. >> shepard: a couple of hours into mr. murdock's testimony, a disturbance in the room. a man carrying a pie...